Raised in Pittsburgh, pa. Jack began playing the guitar, after hearing a recording by jazz organist Charles Earland
called the “Daily Double”. Upon graduating from high school and touring with an R&B band, it was in Atlantic city
where Jack sat in with Charles band who were performing at the Club Harlem. A few months later jack received a
call to join Charles band where for the next three to four years, he would serve tenure and appear on a hand full of recordings
with ” The Mighty Burner” from 1973 to 1977.
1973 – Prestige recording ” CHARLES III”.
1975 – Mercury recording ” Odyssey “.
1976 – Mercury recording ” The Great Pyramid”.
1977 – Mercury recording ” Revelation”.